Serbs join new Kosovo gov't led by Ramush Haradinaj

The 120-seat Kosovo Assembly on Sunday elected Ramush Haradinaj, the PDK-led coalition candidate, as new head of the Kosovo government.

61 voted in favor, while one member of the Assembly abstained.

After the session, members of the Self-Determination and the coalition gathered around the LDK left the session and did not attend the taking of the oath of office of Haradinaj and the members of his government.

The cabinet has 21 ministries, while Haradinaj has five deputies. The first deputy is Behgjet Pacolli, followed by Enver Hoxhaj of the PDK, Fatmir Limaj of the Initiative for Kosovo, Dalibor Jeftic of the Serb List and Dardan Gashi of the Ibrahim Rugova Ticket, Beta is reporting.

The Serb List decided to join the Haradinaj cabinet, the party announced after a meeting in Belgrade with Director of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija...